Mac Book Pro Media keys no longer work
Hi,
I installed a third party 'mac' keyboard that has media keys, Volume, Play pause etc...
Now, my MBP keyboard's keys dont work.. Brightness, Volume, backlight are all unresponsive.
Is there a package i can install that will reset them?
Hi Phil, welcome to the discussions!
I'm not sure if this is the problem but if you go into the system preferences, click keyboard & mouse and then click the keyboard tab, there is an option there that says, "Use the F1-F12 keys to control software features." If this option is ticked, you will have to hold the Fn key whilst pressing the F1/F2 keys to change brightness. The media keyboard installation may have changed this for you.
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My media keys used to work to play, pause, skip forward/backward, etc. in Spotify, and other applications when Spotify is running. Suddenly, my media keys have no effect.
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